International Day of Peace 2020 [“Shaping Peace Together.”]

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Each year United Nations makes a request to the all to observe a day of non-violence and cease-fire that day is mentioned as “International Day of Peace”. Each year on 21 September, the day has been celebrated around the world. Responding to the call of United Nations with the keep pace of the whole world, Department of Information Studies and Library Management (ISLM), East West University in association with East West University Library celebrated “International Day of Peace 2020”. The 2020 theme for the International Day of Peace is “Shaping Peace Together”. To observe the day, Department of Information Studies and Library Management, East West University in association with East West University Library organized a competition through Social Media where students of the East West University shared their Peace Messages. From the huge messages of students, organizing committee selected few messages and posted using hashtags of the United Nations (#peaceday #UN75) on “East West University Information Club Facebook page for the viewer’s likes. The post was continued up to 11.59 pm of 21st September 2020. On the basis of the viewer’s like on the competitor’s messages, five were declared as winners. From the year of 2018 East West University has celebrated the day. Here, it is worth mentioning that East West University’s “International Day of Peace 2020” event got places also in the Libraries for Peace (L4P) map. L4P map was created by Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, USA to strengthen international ties among libraries and librarians worldwide for the promotion of international education, understanding, and peace.